Indian Cancer Society: Awareness, Detection and Medication

INDIAN CANCER SOCIETY
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Introduction
Indian Cancer Society is the first organization in India responsible for cancer awareness,
detection and medication purposes. The goal of this organization is to develop attention in regard
to cancer and also offer screening services at all cost. More women are affected by breast cancer
due to late childbirth, religion and the quality of treatment. Proper recommendations must be
provided so that the quality of health can be improved.
Indian Cancer Society
Indian cancer society was founded in 1951 by Dr D Jussawala and Mr Naval Tata as
India's first non-profit organization for cancer attention, exposure and giving cure and
medication for people living with cancer. This is a platform that individuals all over the world
use to connect and share their situations, guide and encourage each other in order to find hope
and faith in life. It is a leading organization in fighting cancer in India. The head office is based
in Mumbai, and it also has a branch in Delhi, which was established in 1983 (Anon, 2019). There
are various charitable trusts, corporate and personalities such as Wadia Trust that provides
financial support in regard to its activities to offer medication and rehabilitation to people living
with cancer at a minimal cost. It also collaborates with Tata Memorial Hospital to give
medication and rehabilitation programs for cancer survivors.
The objectives of Indian Cancer Society are: to provide cancer awareness and knowledge,
offering high quality and cancer facilities screening at low cost. Dr Jussawala realized that the
only way to fight cancer is to give patients and experts the best opportunity of a cure by creating
cancer awareness. The organization sees the importance of raising cancer literacy and
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knowledge. It is essential to provide information to individuals regarding signs and symptoms
early enough hence making them to seek assistance immediately. It creates awareness through
different programs like awareness talks done in institutions and society, videos that are
informative and posts using social media, academic films for breast, cervical and oral cancers.
The organization also screens for early detection since various cancers are manageable when
they are unmasked early and medicated appropriately. There is also a Cancer Cure Fund that
gives financial assistance for cancer patients who are unable to pay their hospital bills.
Background to health issues
More women have cancer than any other cancer besides skin cancer. About 6% of
women are diagnosed with metastatic cancer are first diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer
is the second most usual cause of death globally. However, the number has reduced due to early
detection and medication enhancements. In addition, it is not easy to prevent breast cancer.
Breast cancer affects Indian women at a young age compared to western women. It is rising, but
it is low in India (Finn et al. 2016, pp.1925-1936). It is also the most prevalent cancer of urban
Indian females followed by rural females. The majority of breast cancers are always identified at
an advanced stage due to the lack of attention and lack of breast cancer screening program of
breast cancer. Furthermore, breast cancer in India has been known to happen a decade earlier in
Indian guardians compared to the western women.
Marriage at an early stage and breastfeeding of all children for a long period is the
normality in India. Those who are in urban areas are educated moving away from this tendency
with late-age childbirth and minimal or no breastfeeding. These transitions might be partly
responsible for the increasing rate of breast cancer incidence (Early Breast Cancer Trialists'
Collaborative Group, 2015, pp.1353-1361). Nulliparity and giving birth late are the risk elements
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